India will face the Netherlands today in the last warm-up match of both teams ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Each of the ten participating teams in the World Cup is gearing up for the warm-up matches to test and prepare themselves for the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup scheduled in India. All ten teams are to play two matches each for a warm-up which is scheduled for three days from September 29 to October 3.
The live telecast for the India vs. Netherlands warm-up match will start at 1:00 PM, the toss will be conducted half an hour later at 1:30 PM, and finally, the match will begin at 2:00 PM in Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. All times mentioned are Indian Standard Time. This is the last warm-up match for both teams.
Rain continues to play spoilsport
Of the seven warm-up matches played yet, five were interrupted by rain. The matches between South Africa and Afghanistan and India and England were washed out without a ball being bowled. In Australia vs. Netherlands and Bangladesh vs. England, the overs had to be reduced as a result of persistent rain. The rain also caused the New Zealand vs. South Africa match to be called off. All the warm-up matches are held in Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and Hyderabad.
India’s first warm-up match against the 2019 Cricket World Champions England was washed out without a ball being bowled. It seems like today’s match may also be interrupted by rain. According to Weather.com, there’s more than an 80% predicted chance of rain at 2:00 PM. Will today’s match be washed out too? Needs to be seen.
The weather at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, at 11:35 PM was 26°C with overcast clouds. The ground is fully covered due to the rainy weather. The playing conditions change due to persistent rain; if the full 50-over match is not possible, overs will be reduced as needed.
Squads of both teams for the Cricket World Cup
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubham Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.
Ravichandran Ashwin replaced the injured star all-rounder, Axar Patel, who sustained an injury during the Asia Cup. For the net session practice, Virat Kohli could not join the team due to personal reasons. The star players Bumrah, Shreyas, and Rahul are back in the squads after injuries, and their addition to the squad has provided stability and balance.
Netherlands Squad: Scott Edwards (c & w), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikramk Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan Van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, and Sybrand Engelbrecht.
The Netherlands faced Australia in their first warm-up match, but the match was abandoned because of rain. The match was of 23 overs on each side. The Netherlands bowlers restricted Australia to 166, but their performance while batting was not good as they were reduced to 86 runs with the loss of six wickets. The Netherlands will hope to play well in today’s match.
Schedule after the warm-up
After the conclusion of all the warm-up matches, the World Cup will commence on October five, with defending champion England facing mighty New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The Netherlands will start by clashing with Pakistan on October 6 in Hyderabad. India will start their World Cup campaign by facing five-time champions Australia on October 8 in Chennai.
